Source Traceability-Based Impact Analysis

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the linked elements comprise tests, features, epics, and linked artifacts traced to the identified artifacts.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of data sources comprises one or more of source control management systems, application lifecycle management systems, quality assurance systems, and requirements management systems.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the retrieved code change data comprises (a) a change data between a first tag element and a second tag element of the software code, and (b) commit actions previous to the first tag element associated with the change data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the detailed information of the artifacts comprises features, defects, and epics impacted by the changes to the each line of the software code.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the code change data is retrieved from the at least one of the plurality of data sources by automatic execution of one or more commands associated with the at least one of the data sources.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing of the retrieved code change data comprises iteratively processing and comparing lines of the software code changed across the different versions of the software code for deriving the impact of the changes performed for a requested version of the software code.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the impact analysis engine is configured to define additional computer program instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive user input data via one or more of a plurality of input channels on the computing device, wherein the user input data defines a scope for the retrieval of the code change data from the at least one of the plurality of data sources, and wherein the user input data comprises a start tag element, an end tag element, a depth element, and a time element.

9. He system of claim 1, wherein the impact analysis engine is configured to define additional computer program instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to store the retrieved code change data, one or more artifact data sets corresponding to the identified artifacts, and one or more linked element data sets corresponding to linked elements traced to the identified artifacts in one of a database and the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the linked elements comprise tests, features, epics, and linked artifacts traced to the identified artifacts.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of data sources comprises one or more of source control management systems, application lifecycle management systems, quality assurance systems, and requirements management systems.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the retrieved code change comprises (a) a change data between a first tag element and a second tag element of the software code, and (b) commit actions previous to the first tag element associated with the change data.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the detailed information of the artifacts comprises features, defects, and epics impacted by the changes to the each line of the software code.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the code change data is retrieved from the at least one of the data sources by automatic execution of one or more commands associated with the at least one of the plurality of data sources.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the processing of the retrieved code change data comprises iteratively processing and comparing lines of the software code changed across the different versions of the software code by the impact analysis engine for deriving the impact of the changes performed for a requested version of the software code.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprises receiving user input data via one or more of a plurality of input channels on the computing device by the impact analysis engine, wherein the user input data defines a scope for the retrieval of the code change data from the at least one of the plurality of data sources, and wherein the user input data comprises a start tag element, an end tag element, a depth element, and a time element.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprises storing the retrieved code change data, one or more artifact data sets corresponding to the identified artifacts, and one or more linked element data sets corresponding to linked elements traced to the identified artifacts in one of a database and a memory unit by the impact analysis engine.